'The Capital!' Chiara exclaimed in her thoughts after reaching the capital. It's settled that she's going to stay at the palace while she works as the personal servant of the emperor, so she might as well think of something that she could invest her time with after working hours.
Because eating and drinking tea alone becomes boring as time passes.
And the thing that she's been so curious about since when she was a child, is how to control mana. That's why she's here to buy books about it.
Everyone is born with mana inside their bodies, but not everyone knows how to control it, especially not commoners. There are also a handful of mana users in the whole empire and most of them are priests at the temple, claiming that it was Seruvia who gave them that ability, so the information about the existence of mana disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Most of the people nowadays don't know about it, while
The auction went on as the audience grinned from time to time. Carzus was about to wave his hand to signal the knights on standby, when he suddenly caught sight of several children who were next to go up the stage.Looks like the beauties who are auctioned first were just the appetizers, the main dish will soon be served, and those are the children who don't even know what's going on.Carzus went stiff, especially when he saw a familiar figure that he just saw from a portrait that Ram handed to him.It was a little boy with silver hair and brown eyes. A trait that he was so familiar with even when he was just a child.He stood up from his seat and descended the stairs in between the audience's seats towards the stage."Oh my, what is that man doing?""Where is he going?""The rules don't allow anyone to approach the stage, the goods might
"Boo!" Seviere's thoughts were interrupted by Francia and Zandro who suddenly blocked his way. His brows knitted."What is it, you two?" He asked wearily."Viere, you look so ..." Francia studied his appearance while thinking of the right word to describe him, but the word haggard will be an understatement.Hearing this, Seviere immediately stuck out his chest and combed up his hair using his hand. With a proud smile he said, "I look so amazing and handsome. That's what you're going to say, right? HA. HA. HA. HA! It's no biggie." He waved his hand afterwards, like being handsome is already no big thing given his looks.Francia and Zandro were dumbfounded.'Damn, where did his confidence come from?'"Buddy." Zandro put his arm around Seviere's shoulders, "Your hair is sticking out. You have ink on your cheek. Your clothes are not tucked in properly. Your poor
The meal ended in peace, but Chiara's soul almost left her body."What does he mean by that?" She uttered.Shiela, who was concealing her laughter earlier, glanced at her and chuckled, "The Emperor will always have his dinner here, maybe because he doesn't want to eat alone.""But he does like eating alone, what's the matter with him now?""Hmmm ... Suppose that you never tasted chocolate before, of course you wouldn't think of eating one nor crave for it. But once you know the taste of it, you will begin craving and you will notice that you can't live without eating chocolate anymore."A flash of light passed Chiara's eyes, 'So that's why!' "Shiela, I guess you're right." She said, nodding her head.The latter bit her lower lip and was speechless, 'Yes, My Lady. I specifically compared it to eating chocolate so you will understand it faster. Because My Lady
"Try moving your foot."Chiara moved her foot and found that her ankle doesn't hurt anymore. "T-Thank you ..." She whispered with a flushed face.The man brought her inside a herbal shop and treated her twisted ankle."*Chuckles* No need to be embarrassed. Anyway, stop going outside at this hour, the capital is full of dangerous people, we don't know if the person passing by is good or not."Chiara stared at the man kneeling in front of her. He has a head of white hair and red eyes just like someone she knows. The smile on his lips is so mesmerizing that anyone wouldn't be able to take their sight away once they've seen it.Such a handsome feature that looks like he's been favored by their goddess Seruvia.She was about to ask his name when the door of the shop burst open, both of them glanced at the door and saw a person wearing a beast mask with hurried foo
'Hey, what's happening?!' All the knights in the training hall thought as they watched their Emperor break every single training material one after another."Why is His Majesty training with us?" One of them asked."How would I know?""Didn't you hear? He had a little fight with a beautiful Lady, that's what's been going around since early this morning."I see. Then that explains why he looked so dangerous.""But didn't he hate women? Remember Lady Roban, the upper class noble lady who turned down an arranged marriage with the late prince because she's head over heels for His Majesty when he was still our General?""Ahh, that's disgusting.""Of course. His Majesty made her return home without clothes on after putting sleeping pills on His Majesty's tea and tried to take advantage of his unconscious state.""It was Cha
"By the way, what are you doing at the capital so late at night?"Chiara flinched. 'I knew he would ask this sooner or later, but should I tell him everything? The owner of the bookshop told me to keep the thing about reading books about mana a secret to anyone. And I am talking with the emperor ... I don't think that's a good idea.' She shook her head with that thought."I went to a bookshop in the capital."Carzus examined the lady's face who suddenly averted her eyes. 'I think she's uncomfortable with the topic, but we have to reach for an agreement today, no matter what. I don't want to repeat what happened last night.'"I see. But ... Can't you just buy the book you want and bring it here?""I tried but I can't do that. I am reading the owner's personal book, that's why I can't take it outside. I can only read it at the shop whenever I am done with my work."
A whole week passed and Chiara's face was full of worry ever since she had a picnic with the emperor.She was not allowed to enter the emperor's office, she didn't even see a glimpse of him for the past week. 'Just what the hell is going on?!' She racked her brain to come up with a possible answer but to no avail. 'Maybe he's busier than ever? Or maybe he's not feeling well? Argh! But isn't it the more reason why I should be there taking care of his needs and cleaning everything for him?'She sighed as she replaced the flowers on the vase after cleaning His Majesty' room.She looked at the bed, on the floor, on the coffee table and at the couch. There was really no trace of Carzus coming back to his room.'Aarrghh!' She held her head in frustration. "So what if he didn't return to his room for a whole week? I don't even care that he didn't want to see my face anymore! Hah. Who was the one acting so s
Triton palace's private kitchen."This is the herb that only grows in the mountains of Maccesa and this root is from the tree that you said, My Lady." A knight approached with all the ingredients she needed to make medicine for Carzus."Thanks, Sir Kian."The night named Kian didn't dare raise his head. "It's my honor, My Lady. I sincerely thank you for standing up for us last time and this may be too late but I really want to apologize for what happened that night at the capital.""It's all done and I don't have any grudge with you or something." Upon hearing her response, Kian felt relieved for the first time after the past week. He really blamed himself for what happened to the Lady, that's why he took this chance to apologize. But who knows that their Lady was this kind?"I sincerely thank you, My lady. I shall leave you now so you can start the preparations."